RPG Hero’s Song revealed by ex-SOE boss

John Smedley, former boss of Sony Online Entertainment and then Daybreak Studios, has re-emerged after taking a break since he left Daybreak back in July. With him, he brings news of a new studio he has founded called Pixelmage Games which has its first game, Hero’s Song.

Hero’s Song is a 2D pixel art action RPG which aims to be a “hardcore action RPG for hardcore gamers”. The video covering the campaign highlights this with features such as perma-death, although you do get a second chance for redemption if you complete the trials, and always on friendly fire.

Playable alone or on self hosted servers with friends, or randoms if you want to risk it,

Fantasy author, Patrick Rothfuss, is working with Pixelmage on the game’s narrative, story and world building aspects.

Hero’s Sony is currently aiming to fund $800,000 through Kickstarter and has reached just over $13,000 with 29 days to go. It is looking to launch fully as soon as October 2016 following some Beta sessions which will take place this Summer.

The studio has actually been working quietly since October 2015 and already raised $1 million in private funding with the Kickstarter campaign looking to take it the rest of the way.